The Daily Lard 5-26-12

Douglas LeeMay 26, 2012 11:36 AM

Good Morning, Broncos fans! Many of you have been with us from our modest beginnings, and some even know us from our earlier days at MHR. Of course, we are grateful to all of you for your continued readership, and for the new readers we've gained over the past twenty months or so.

Over that time, we have received many requests for access to older material, and we've hinted at providing it in the past. It's time we finally honor those requests by making that prior content available, including most of our pre-Fat Man writing and Ted's work on One Man Football. Unfortunately, his Smarter Fans columns have been lost to the ether.

Our archives will be evolving as we figure out more intuitive and thorough ways of organizing them, but for now our guess is the Fat Camp, Broncography and Mail Revue sections will be most appreciated. As always, TJ (Mark it Zero), Doc (Doc's Musings), and Ted's (Ted's Analysis) work can be found under the parenthesized headers. Happy reading, friends!

Update: For technical reasons, we've had to remove the "Archives" moniker, but the content is all there for viewing. As mentioned, we'll gradually make this all easier to navigate.

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According to Mike Klis, the pay cut Denver has demanded of Ty Warren would take his salary down from $4M to somewhere between $1M-$1.5M.

New CB Drayton Florence says he's a physical player and is not ceding the starting spot opposite Champ Bailey.

A former high school football star is hoping for a chance at the NFL, ten years after his life was destroyed by a false rape accusation which cost him five years in jail and netted his accuser $1.5M in a lawsuit.

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Dan Wetzel is a strong proponent for New Jersey's proposed attempt to legalize sports gambling; the NFL is maintaining its hilariously hypocritical and disingenuous public stance of not condoning gambling.

Greg Gabriel expects San Diego's Melvin Ingram to be one of the more impactful rookies in 2012.

Mike Florio sees in Tim Tebow an unsupportive backup QB to Mark Sanchez, just like he was with Kyle Orton; Sam DeWitt can't believe the DP is still so devoted to Tebow coverage, and he's penned an open letter to Lindsay Jones on the topic. Within hours, Mike Klis followed up with more "thoughts" on Timmy's struggles at Jets practice, and by "thoughts" I mean "All He Does is Win!". Newsday's Bob Glauber is already tired of talking Teebs. It's only May, Bob. Have fun! Finally, Teebs stood up for (well, sort of?) the kid whose HS diploma was withheld for Tebowing at graduation.

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Congratumalations, my friend, on surviving another year of demoralizing servitude! : ) haha just kiddin My best to you and Mrs. AK on your happy partnership, yelling at the TV notwithstanding.

Snowing in Montana today -- just like every Memorial Day weekend since I can remember...

Posted by broncosmontana on 2012-05-26 20:31:18

at colinski2 - for some reason I thoroughly enjoy your comments. I always imagine you're part of some modern day intelligentsia working in a deep bomb proof bunker and only go out in the outer world when you hold your meetings to decide the country's fate on a daily basis. As far as what you state, I disagree about a so-called lynch mob. Your term is certainly more colorful; however, I would describe as some still being doubters of Mr Elway. He did very well in getting Manning, but there has not been another move that has showcased any superior front office skills from my perspective (color me doubter).

Drafting a developmental QB is one thing, but drafting one from ASU and a CB (with an injury history) from ASU where his son happened to go to school and befriended both players has an odor to it I'm not completely comfortable with. Year from now, we could look back and I could be completely off-base. They could be contributing members of winning Broncos' teams. I certainly hope so. I'm a Broncos fan first, but having doubts and questioning authority is something we can all do without being labeled a lynch mob.

To use attrition theories and motivated cognition as your evidence is classic intelligentsia. jk. I'll say it underscores your point that we are all Kool-Aid drinkers...however I can't imagine you ever being considered one (Kool aid drinker). In my mind this past January, you lifted your head at DT's TD catch/run (vs Pitt in OT) pulled down your glasses and once he scored you went back to reading the White House white paper you were writing about the nuclear plan in the Middle East.

I hope you enjoy and get pissed every so often (about the Broncos), unless it causes markets or the internet to crash. Keep this house of cards from falling please, colinski2. Thank you.

Posted by Orange_and_Blue on 2012-05-26 18:51:11

Actually, in her case, crime paid 1.5million.

Posted by EastCoastBronco7 on 2012-05-26 18:04:02

Thanks to all the fatman Writers....

I have read this for a few years but not daily. So i know I have missed loads of content , just not sure if I will every be able to get caught up..

Thanks again..

Posted by Lonestar47 on 2012-05-26 17:39:18

"If he is as much trouble there as he was here - it won't be long."

Maybe because I do not live in DEN, but I have not heard of what trouble Tebow caused in DEN..

Could someone enlighten me? Was he arrested? Carouse with hookers?Get caught using drugs?DUI?Wife beater?

Now if he did some of the above he'd just be like some of the that other Broncos have done..

or was leading this team into the playoffs the trouble you think he caused..

Color me confused..

Posted by Lonestar47 on 2012-05-26 17:34:40

No.I am actually in AK.

Posted by Alaskan on 2012-05-26 17:18:29

Perfectly put.

Posted by jvill on 2012-05-26 16:43:36

@ colinski - just a comment on your comment - in agreement. Osweiler looks to me like the #2 QB in the making - well before the season opens. IMO he is better than most - if not all - FA QBs still available. That lynch mob needs to think a little about what the situation is: we have a HOF QB who may play 4 more years or 4 more plays. Osweiler's style at QB may soon emulate Manning's. If this is soon the case - who would be better to insert at QB in an offense geared toward Manning if he goes down?

I think there are still lingering effects of Tebowism here in Broncoland.

Posted by BlackKnigh on 2012-05-26 16:32:19

I wonder how soon the Jets will start to regret having traded for Tebow. If he is as much trouble there as he was here - it won't be long.

Every time his name is mentioned is a pleasant reminder that he is not in Denver anymore.

I read the Brian Banks story. Very happy for him. Hope he gets to play in a college or the NFL. As for his accuser - she needs to see that what she did was wrong and that crime does not pay.

The upcoming battles in our defensive backfield are going to be fun to watch. It is nice to be dealing from a position of strength.

Posted by BlackKnigh on 2012-05-26 16:25:31

Just a comment on a related issue: the lynch mob is after Elway for his unforgivable act of drafting a developmental QB. We're also supposed to believe that Elway has exceeded his authority and suffering from hubris a la the fashion of Shanahan and McDaniels. Reaches in the draft are definitive evidence of this, along with Xanders' leaving.

I'm less than impressed. I see motivated cognition and attribution theory. But we're all Kool-aid drinkers, as the preemptive ad hominem goes. We're just brain-washed or hate Christianity according to the cult-like following (or some of them).

Posted by colinski2 on 2012-05-26 16:22:27

Definitely seems inevitable that Sanchez will fall to the same fate as KO did in Denver. I'm glad to be entering a season with no questions about who the starter will/should be. Its time for some much needed stability at the QB position.

Posted by andrew on 2012-05-26 14:39:20

Agreed. I knew a guy at college that got rape charges, even though several people that were around the night of the incident had seen the girl hanging all over him kissing etc... Maybe it was still foulplay, but it comes down to one person's word v. anothers. Young men really do need to be careful.

Alaskan Happy Anniversary, Alaskan! My best to both - are you up by A Basin? Lived in Summit Co for 6 years - prettiest place on the planet.

Posted by Doc Bear on 2012-05-26 13:56:19

Happy Saturday, guys.Today is my anniversary.Mrs. Alaskan (who has listened to me yell at the TV during more Bronco games than I care to think about) and I are going skiing. Yes, one can still do that on Memorial Day weekend up here.Have a good day !!

Posted by Alaskan on 2012-05-26 13:36:33

Nicely done, Sam. Thanks for saying what needed to be said.

Posted by AldenBrown on 2012-05-26 12:54:00

Delete my previous comment: I have multiple disqus accounts for work :(

The story about the false rape accusation is scary. The young woman was the guy's friend, and she made the whole thing up. For that, he spent five years in the slammer, as a sex violator, the worst jacket you can have in the pen.The FBI says that about 12% of rape accusations are false. The Colorado Bureau of Investigations puts it at closer to 20%. Lt. Kelly of my local police department thinks it's closer to 40%.Young horny guys should be very careful out there.

Posted by bradley on 2012-05-26 12:30:36

Orange_and_Blue There will eventually be a link up in the top menu, just not yet.

Posted by Douglas Lee on 2012-05-26 12:30:20

People that don't want to talk about Tebow should stop talking (and reading) about Tebow. As for me, now that he and his circus is in New York, I love talking about Tebow.

Posted by bradley on 2012-05-26 12:24:48

Awesome, IOAFM. I am Tebowing my thanks :)

So where will the Archives link be? Apologies if I missed it.

Ty Warren should re-negotiate based on incentives, but he definitely should not be expecting any salary of more than Broncos are offering. BTW, with X-man gone, who is doing the negotiating? The salary cap guy?